We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Zscaler Cloud Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is straightforward."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The Check Point firewall features for Next Generation Firewalls are excellent."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the Quantum Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). I also like the solution's functionality, like autonomous threat prevention."
"What gives me the most value is undoubtedly the security that the anti-bot and anti-virus blades provide."
"The rules are very easy to deploy and can be optimized pretty quickly."
"It's scalable and provides end-to-end resolution."
"The IPS is frequently updated so the rules are always new and in place."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The Check Point API let me make 100 net rules in just 10 minutes, which saved us time."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"Unfortunately, as is the case with many big companies, new features seem to always be more important than fixing the last little bugs that affect only a minor customer base."
"The debugging of VPN tunnels is very stressful."
"The presentation of the reports need to be more user-friendly."
"I would highlight the need for enhancements in technical support services."
"There are issues with stability while upgrading devices with hotfixes."
"They should integrate all blades to use a single policy rather than multiple."
"It's expensive, but its price is reasonable looking at its functionality and power"
"The anti-spam needs improvement."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"We are having some issues with internet access being denied when organizational ID-based policies change. For example, a lower level employee ends up getting the same level of access as that of a higher level employee."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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